Taihao Mausoleum at Huaiyang 淮阳太昊陵, China

Taihao Mausoleum at Huaiyang 淮阳太昊陵
The tomb of Fuxi 伏羲 (a legendary Chinese emperor) is called Taihao Mausoleum. It was built according to the mathematical logic of Fuxi's innate eight diagrams. The mausoleum is located 1.5 km north of Huaiyang County in Henan Province. Of the several ancient tablets bearing construction dates located inside the mausoleum, the earliest one is that of the "imperial tablet pavilion" which was erected in 1513 AD.

Who is Fuxi 伏羲 ?

 

伏羲 Fú Xī is a legendary emperor of Ancient China (2953-2838 B.C.)

 

The Taihao Fuxi Mausoleum is a cluster of palace-styled ancient buildings, looking splendid in green and gold. The mausoleum features imposing buildings, magnificent halls, tall cypress and pine trees.The style of the mausoleum follows Ming architecture, with a similar layout to that of the imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty. It is divided into two parts, the inner city, or the Forbidden City and the outer city or the Imperial city. The sides of the road are adorned by old-aged cypresses. The courtyard is filled with numerous steles and tablets. The main hall or the front hall is the largest building in the mausoleum and covers an area of 390m². In the hall, there is a big shrine in which sits the statue of Fuxi, accompanied by the statures of Shen Nong, Yellow emperor, Shao Hao and Zhuan Xu (All of them are legendary emperors of ancient China). The tomb of Fuxi is over 20 meters in height with a perimeter of over 150 meters. The top of the tomb is round shaped and the bottom is square, signalling the legendary saying of the round sky and square earth. A tablet of one meter wide and 3 meters tall was erected before the tomb, reading 'The Tomb of Taihao Fuxi'. Legend has it that it was the handwriting of Su Xiaomei, a writer of the Song Dynasty.